That’s A Compact?!?
3 september 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Time for another overseas trip!
This year’s annual trip to Türkiye to visit family starts today with a flight to Toronto (YYZ), where we will stay overnight before the long haul to TürkiyeMeer informatie
RV’ing Across Three States
31 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
We’ve got three roads trips planned — loosely, I might add — interspersed amongst other modes of travel to explore Australia.
One is a road trip around Tasmania. This one will be byMeer informatie
AusPan Hobart Disembark Approved
25 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Our decision to return to Tasmania after disembarking Regatta in Sydney, prompted us to consider leaving the ship in Hobart instead.
I did some research, contacted the ship’s agent in Hobart, andMeer informatie
Kimberleys: Price Drop
24 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
Received an email from Coral Expeditions last night. I thought it was in response to a query I had submitted. I was wrong.
Turns out that in conjunction with publishing the 2025 itineraries, CoralMeer informatie
GBR Liveaboard ✔️
21 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
Mui loves snorkeling.
So, of course, he’s going to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef [GBR] when Regatta call on Cairns in December … as he did when Insignia stopped there on RTW2017.
But a day tripMeer informatie
The Ghan Booked
19 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
The Ghan — which runs through the “Red Center” of Australia — is regarded as one of the world’s greatest train journeys.
Alas, it was another thing that we were going to have to excludeMeer informatie
Kimberleys by Sea
18 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 93 °F
Exploring the Kimberleys, the northernmost region of Australia, was one of the things we had to exclude from our original itinerary due to timing.
It wasn’t that we didn’t have time to add it toMeer informatie
Extended … Again!
17 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten
Yes, we decided to add more time to our Australia Overland … again!
The primary reason for extending was so that we could add a few things to our itinerary that our previous in-country dates wereMeer informatie
Australia Visas Approved
16 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 91 °F
So much for a 22-day processing time frame!
We received our visas within three working days.
I don’t know if this faster approval is just the norm for US residents. Or if all the extra informationMeer informatie
AU Visa Applications ✔️
12 augustus 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Received a UA flight change notification today. No big deal; except that we are now leaving from COS @ 7:40a. An already long travel day is now going to be even longer. It is what it is.
For someMeer informatie
IP Booked
27 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 88 °F
Grif’s Great Australian Rail Trip was our inspiration.
Actually, we had looked at booking a rail journey in Australia before we watched the six-episode BBC series. But, we weren’t looking at theMeer informatie
Cha-Ching! HAL Final Payment ✓
22 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
It sure felt good to make a final payment today that was considerably less thanks to the re-pricing of our cruise last week!
Cha Ching: Final Payment ✔️
21 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Done deal.
Although it was not due until the 24th, I made the final payment for AusPan today.
Now to scribble in some time and tasks on ToDoist to work on everything else that is pending for ourMeer informatie
Itinerary Change #3
20 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Just before the final payment reminder from Oceania showed up in my inbox this morning, I received notification of an itinerary change … the third one since booking our extended voyage a year ago toMeer informatie
Extended!
19 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
It took just 20 pages of reading this morning to jiggle our Australia plans.
Yesterday, I downloaded an Australia eGuide from the library since neither Mui nor I have been able to find the one IMeer informatie
FLL-DEN Re-Ticketed
19 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
This morning, we re-ticketed our return flights to the USA in order to extend our time in Australia next winter. The good news? The ticket price was lower. The sort-of bad news, the difference wasMeer informatie
LF Delivered
18 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
The bags we left on Insignia for shipping to our house were delivered today!
Now to start unpacking and putting things away.
But that can wait until tomorrow.
İstanbul Embarkation ✓
16 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
When I was repricing this cruise yesterday, I also requested a change to our embarkation port.
Though we were told yesterday that we could expect a response within 3-5 business days, HAL’s approvalMeer informatie
Cha Ching! TransAtlantic Repriced
15 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
I almost didn’t check the current pricing on the HAL website today.
And what a shame that would have been!
In the interim since I last checked, the rate for our cabin category had gone downMeer informatie
Itinerary Revision #1
14 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
When I saw the HAL change notification email in my inbox this morning, my heart sank.
Why? Because the first thing that came to my mind was the change Sonia & Boris experienced when they did thisMeer informatie
LF Picked Up & On the Way
14 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Because we left Insignia before the official disembarkation day of 13 July, our Luggage Forward shipment remained in the cabin for handling by the ship's crew and the LF rep who joined us in Alaska toMeer informatie
FLL-DEN Schedule Change
13 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
I wrote the last footprint for this trip at the front end of our world cruise. That was on New Year's Eve.
Here we are ... 7½ months later ... and I am writing this footprint on the day that ourMeer informatie
Back Home Travel Day
12 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 75 °F
There's nothing better than having a smooth travel day following a grand travel adventure.
With very few passengers skipping the overnight in San Francisco and leaving the ship this morning, we hadMeer informatie
C’est Fini!
12 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
It’s finished!
213 days after embarking Insignia, today we bid our floating home farewell at Pier 27 in San Francisco, California.
Our adventure included a couple of days in Miami, Florida beforeMeer informatie
Hello San Francisco!
12 juli 2023, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Yes, we got to see the Golden Gate Bridge.
Welcome to San Francisco!
The Last Pilot Boat
12 juli 2023, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
Here comes the pilot to take us into San Francisco … for the last sail in of RTW2023.
Will we see the Golden Gate Bridge? We’ll have to see if the weather cooperates.
For the moment at least,Meer informatie





































ReizigerLooking forward to following along on your next adventure!. 🙂
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